Boot or shoe shining machine



(No Model.) 2 SheetsSheet 1.

' W. RINKER.

BOOT 0R SHOE SHINING MACHINE.

Patented Dec. 14, 1897.

(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

, W. RINKER.

BOOT OR SHOE SHINING MACHINE.-

No. 595,581. Patented Dec. 14, 1897.

UNITED STATES PATENT rFrcE.

WILLIAM RINKER, OF ALLEGHENY, PENNSYLVANIA.

BOOT 0R SHOE SHINING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 595,581, dated December 14, 1897.

' Application filed December 28, 1896. Serial No. 617,200. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM RINKER, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Allegheny, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Boot or Shoe Shining Machines, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the invention finally consists in the novel con-' struction, combination, and arrangement of parts, to be hereinafter more specificallydescribed, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In describing the invention in detail reference is had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,and where in like letters of reference indicate similar parts throughout the several views,in which- Figure 1 is a vertical sectional View. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the coin-controller-opcrating. mechanism. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the polishing mechanism. .Fig. 4 is a side view of the same. Fig. 5 is a similar View of the opposite side. Fig. 6 is a sectional view of a portion of the polishing mechanism, showing the brushes. Fig. 7 is a longitudinal sectional view of the blacking-receptacle. Fig. 8 is a top plan view of the same. Fig. 9 is a sectional view of a portion of the casing, showing the blacking-receptacle and operating mechanism in side elevation. Fig. 10 is a side view of the .blacking-receptacle and operating mechanism. 7

Referring now to the drawings by referonce-letters, a represents the driving-shaft, journaled in suitable bearings 19, said shaft carrying the motor, the casing of which is shown at c. This shaft a also carries a sprocket-wheel d, engaged by chain c, which also engages a sprocket-wheel f, carried on the end of the shaft g. This shaft 9 is journaled in bearings h h and carries'Worm-screws k is, engaging pinions Z Z, carried by shafts m m at the front of the foot-rests n n. Shafts o 0, carrying brushes for brushing the dirt from the shoes and spreading the blacking upon them, are arranged at the sides of the foot-rests and are journaled in the base 19, said shafts carrying pinions q 'q,which receive the chains r, arranged thereon as shown in Fig. 3 in dotted lines, said shafts being also journaled at their upper ends in the base 8, supporting the blacking-receptacle, formed in U shape, and in the compartments t and t, connected together by spring-actuated plungersoo, attached to springs 20 wat their lower ends, said springs carrying plugs 00m to close the outlet-ports y y in the bottom of the receptacle t, the upper receptacle 1. carrying a cross-bar F, to which is attached a chain or strap i connecting the foot-plate n, said footplate provided underneath the same with springs 15 t to return the same to its normal position and close the outlet-ports when the pressure of the footis relieved.

The person having his shoes blackened does not sit down while his shoes are being brushed or the liquid blacking is applied to them. If the shoes are to be brushed, he first places one foot lightly upon one foot-rest and then the other foot upon the other foot-rest, and as long as he exerts no positive pressure upon the foot-rests the brushes attached to the shafts 0 simply brush his shoes; but as soon as positive downward pressure is applied the outlet-ports are opened, and then the liquid blacking runs through the tubes Y upon the shoes at the same time that the revolving brushes spread it upon them. After the blacking has been applied he steps back and takes his seat upon' the chair 0 and places his feet upon a foot-rest z, where his shoes are polished.

The polishing mechanism consists of the foot-rests a, at each end of which is a shaft a, carrying a gear 01- adapted to mesh with the gear racks a secured together by means of a cross-rod a, to which is attached the piston-rod b, the opposite end of said rod being pivotally attached to a ring b engaging the eccentric b secured on the shaft a. The rack-bars a operate on a housing a and mounted at the sides of the foot-rests z are reciprocating brushes b dovetailed in the racks a the outer of said brushes being dovetailed in slides 17 and connected to the racks a by yokes (1, while the shafts a a at the toe carry projections 0 provided with brushes to engage the top of the shoe. At the rear of the foot-rests is the seat 0?, supported by a curved standard a, pivoted at its base in jaws 0 said standard being held and adjusted by means of a vertical supportingrod (1, carrying a sliding collar (Z to which is attached the inclined arm d which engages the standard 0 with its outer end. The operating mechanism is inclosed within a casing B, which supports shafts C and D, to which is attached the sign placard E. The shaft 0 carries near one end a pinion F, which engages a similar pinion G, carried by a shaft or rod 11, said shaft H carrying near or at its center a bevel-gear K, adapted to mesh with a bevel-gear L on the lower end of a vertical rod M, said rod M being provided with a bevel-gear N on its upper end to engage a bevel-gear O, secured to a rod or shaft con nected to a clock-movement or other suitable means for driving the advertising placard, which clock-movement is not here shown, as it forms no part of this invention. In order to move this accurately, I have provided near the other end of the shafts C and D sprockets P P, which receive a driving-shaft chain R.

Arranged in any suitable point in the easing is the chute S, which receives the coin, said chute being provided with a slot T, in which is pivoted the stop-plate U, connected to which is a rod V, having its other end pivotally attached to a disk \V. Connected to this disk at right angles to the rod V is a rod X, which serves to hold the disk and stopplate in the position shown in Fig. 2, while the rod V serves to return the stop-plate to this position after the same has been operated. A plate A at the base of the chute is similarly connected by arms A A to a disk A, and communicating to said plate are the circuit-wires B B connected to the motor, the

circuit being completed by the coin falling on the plate A The parts connected to this chute are not more fully shown and described because they form no special part of this invention.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a boot and shoe polishing machine, the combination of the foot-rests, a blackingreceptacle operated by said foot-rests, rotary and reciprocating brushes operating in conjunction and means for communicating motion to said brushes, substantially as shown and described.

2. In a blacking-machine, reciprocating brushes placed upon opposite sides of the foot, reciprocating slides to which the brushes are secured, and spring-yokes for connecting the slides, the slides upon one side of each foot being provided with teeth; combined with the shafts 0. provided with brushes, and the wheels a upon their lower ends for meslr ing with the reciprocating slides, and a motor for operating the slides, substantially as set forth.

3. In a boot and shoe polishing machine, two separate and independent sets of vertical brushes 0, a motor by which they are operated, spring-actuated plates upon which the feet are placed, a suitable blacking-receptacle provided with spring-actuated valves for controlling the ports through which the liquid blacking pours; and means for connecting the plates with the valves of said receptacle, combined with two sets of endwisereciprocating brushes, connections for connecting the front ends of each pairof brushes, reciprocating toothed slides, toothed gears for engaging with the slides, the operating brushes secured to the shafts of the toothgears, and means for connecting the slides with the motor, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses. v

IVILLIAM RINKER. Witnesses:

A. M. WILSON, GEO. B. PARKER. 

